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Pricing Decisions. Pricing strategies Pricing exercise Ten ways to ‘increase’ prices without increasing price - Winkler. Quality. Low. High. Penetration e.g. Telewest cable phones. Economy Strategy e.g. Tesco spaghetti. Low. Price. Skimming e.g. New film or album. Premium
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Pricing Decisions • Pricing strategies • Pricing exercise • Ten ways to ‘increase’ prices without increasing price - Winkler
Quality Low High Penetration e.g. Telewest cable phones Economy Strategy e.g. Tesco spaghetti Low Price Skimming e.g. New film or album Premium e.g. BA first class High
Pricing strategies • Premium pricing • Uses a high price, but gives a good product/service exchange e.g. Concorde, The Ritz Hotel • Penetration pricing • offers low price to gain market share - then increases price • e.g. France Telecom - to attract new corporate clients (or Telewest cable) • Economy pricing • placed at ‘no frills’, low price • e.g. Soups, spaghetti, beans - ‘economy’ brands
Price skimming • where prices are high - usually during introduction • e.g new albums or films on release • ultimately prices will reduce to the ‘parity’ • Psychological pricing • to get a customer to respond on an emotional, rather than rational basis • .e.g 99p not £1.01 ‘price point perspective • Product line pricing • rationale of a product range • e.g. MARS 32p, Four-pack 99p, Bite-size £1.29 • Pricing variations • ‘off-peak’ pricing, early booking discounts,etc • e.g Grundig offers a ‘cash back’ incentive for expensive goods
Optional product-pricing • e.g. optional extras - BMW famously under-equipped • Captive product pricing • products that complement others • e.g Gillette razors (low price) and blades (high price) • Product-bundle pricing • sellers combine several products at the same price • e.g software, books, CDs. • Promotional pricing • BOGOF e.g. toothpaste, soups, etc
Geographical pricing • different prices for customers in different parts of the world • e.g.Include shipping costs, or place onPLC • Value pricing • usually during difficult economic conditions • e.g. Value menus at McDonalds
Ten ways to ‘increase’ prices without increasing price - Winkler • Revise the discount structure • Change the minimum order size • Charge for delivery and special services • Invoice for repairs on serviced equipment • Charge for engineering, installation • Charge for overtime on rushed orders • Collect interest on overdue accounts
Produce less of the lower margin models in the line • Write penalty clauses into contracts • Change the physical characteristics of the product